1661:
Koxinga (Zhjeng Sen) lands in Taiwan, to wrest it from the Dutch.
Cardinal Mazarin died.
Takanoshi family invented soy sauce
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1661:
Koxinga (Zhjeng Sen) lands in Taiwan, to wrest it from the Dutch.
Cardinal Mazarin died.
Takanoshi family invented soy sauce
1660 - Charles II crowned in england
1659 - December 26
The Long Parliament reforms occur in Westminster
1658
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Scotland, Ireland and England, dies and is succeded by his son Richard.
Portuguese traders are expelled from Ceylon by Dutch invaders
1657 - March 1
Swiss theologian Samuel Werenfels is born
1656
Warsaw surrendered to the Poles.
Blake captures a Spanish treasure fleet off Cadiz.
1655
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is discovered by Christian Huygens
Egnlish troops land on Jamaica on 10th of May
1654 - June 3
Louis XIV of France crowned at Rheims
1653
Blake defeats Van Tromp.
Swiss peasants were revolting.
Pascal published "Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids"
1652
Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town
1651
Fronde civil war in France
1650
English Civil War, and the infamous Nell Gwynne dies.
1650: "the infamous Nell Gwynne dies."??? That sounds unlikely - Aha - pretty, witty Nell was born in 1650, died 1687
1649 Jan 30: Execution of Charles I of England etc
1648
The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Treaty of Munster on January 39th, ending the Eighty Years' War.
1647
Charles I
Charles I fled to Scotland following his defeat in 1645. In January, the Scots handed Charles I over to Parliament at Newcastle in exchange for monies owed. Charles I was held prisoner at Holmby House in Northamptonshire. In June, the army revolted and seized the King but Charles I escaped to the Isle of Wight.
On August 6, Cromwell led the New Model Army into London and took control of Parliament.